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Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual “top 10” lists, including those compiled by Amazon and Time.com. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist’s vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II: a prostitute loses all hope when American GIs go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree, and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure.

In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing. These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy. Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature.

From Drawn and Quarterly: Created in the late 1950s, BLACK BLIZZARD is Yoshihiro Tatsumi's remarkable first full-length graphic novel and one of the first published examples of Gekiga. With BLACK BLIZZARD, Tatsumi explores the dark underbelly of his working-class heroes that five decades later will make him one of the most well known Japanese cartoonists in North America. Susumu Yamaji, a 24-year-old pianist, is arrested for murder and ends up handcuffed to a career criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to escape, dragging a reluctant Susumu with him into the blizzard raging outside. They flee into the mountains to an abandoned ranger station, where they take shelter from the storm. As they sit around the fire they built, Susumu relates how love drove him to become a murderer.

From Drawn & Quarterly: Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today's graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II. Spanning fifteen years from August 1945 to June 1960, Tatsumi's stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, the manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo's Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)—with whom Tatsumi eventually became a peer and, at times, a stylistic rival. As with his short-story collection, A Drifting Life is designed by Adrian Tomine. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.

A live-streamed prison fight match between remorseless criminals!

Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something’s not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It’s up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it’s too late!

You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world - Antarctica. Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is a U.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found a place where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace... Until someone commits a murder in her jurisdiction and that peace is shattered. The murderer is one of five men scattered across the continent, and he has more reason to hide than just the slaying. Several ice samples were taken from the area around the body, and the depth of the drilling signifies something particular was removed. Enter Lily Sharpe, who wants to know what was so important another man's life had to be taken for it. But are either of the women prepared for the secrets and betrayals at the core of the situation?

My Grandfather is a Supreme Cultivator, My Second Grandfather is a Top Alchemist, My Father is the Patriarch of an Immortal Clan, My Mother is the Daughter of a Sword Sovereign, My Second Uncle is the Supreme Elder of the Ancient Dao Academy, and My Third Uncle Rules the Western Desert! Luo Qianfan said to the system, As the strongest second-generation immortal in history, Im really not interested in cultivation.

[The twin brothers love me too much. What should I do?] D-class guide Qiao Yang, because of a drunken accident, discovered that he could use the two A-class sentinels, his childhood friends Zheng Jia and Zheng Yan, to enhance his own class. In order to retain this rare S-class status, he chose to conceal his exploitation of them. However, during the repeated interaction with the two, he gradually becomes aware of their feelings towards him...

[Translated by Lilith Scanlations] After her parents' divorce, Lu Yang moved in with her mother’s old friend and her daughter, Su Gui. Su Gui was brilliant and gentle, warm like the sun on a winter day—extravagant without being ostentatious. She effortlessly brightened Lu Yang’s world, her light reaching deep into Lu Yang’s heart. She was a friend, a sister, and a mentor... but Lu Yang’s feelings for her gradually changed. As her emotions deepened, she realized she wanted to be with Su Gui. Fearful of losing the bond and the "sisterly" roles she had come to rely on, she tried to distance herself. But when the two reunited at work, her long-suppressed feelings grew like the wild branches of a rose, tangling the two of them together. Was this a carefully laid plan, or simply fate?

A playboy goes after an innocent-seeming girl, having no idea what he's getting into.---

[Translated by Lilith Scanlations] A gambling addict from a poor background, Seong barely managed to land a job at a delivery company! On his first day, he received a complaint about a misdelivered package, and he rushed out to resolve it. But when the door opens, the customer on the other side seems a little... unusual? Introducing himself as a sculptor, Mintae asks Seong to model for him. And soon, Seong finds himself baring it all—right down to his lower half?! #CrazyXCrazy #ModelXSculptor #ContractRelationship #MuseTop #ImpulsiveTop #HopelessRomanticTop #VirginTop #InsecureTop #HasNothingAtAllTop #CheerfulBottom #LivelyBottom

Here is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name. Richard McGuire's groundbreaking comic strip Here was published under Art Spiegelman's editorship at RAW in 1989. Built in six pages of interlocking panels, dated by year, it collapsed time and space to tell the story of the corner of a room - and its inhabitants - between the years 500,957,406,073 BC and 2313 AD. The strip remains one of the most influential and widely discussed contributions to the medium, and it has now been developed, expanded and reimagined by the artist into this full-length, full-colour graphic novel - a must for any fan of the genre.

I've become 'Ophelia Regen,' the villainess in a trashy romance novel. Before I end up falling for the schemes of the protagonists and facing a pathetic demise, I want to hurry up and divorce Ophelia’s husband, 'Silvester Regen,' and find my way to freedom. But the conditions he set are ridiculous. "Ophelia, you want a divorce? Try to win the crown prince over." How am I supposed to charm him when the original female lead is right there? Plus, in the original story, Ophelia ends up getting killed by him! But I still have to pull this off, for my successful divorce! How on earth am I going to seduce a crown prince who hates me more than a fly?

"If you want your body back won't you participate in the mannequin game?" A high school student who was on the brink of death from a traffic accident, woke up to see a completely different person. He was told his mission through a speaker, the curtain rises with a life-risking game...!! If you let down your guard you will instantly die, it's the ultimate survival suspense!!

Spring of 1995 at Korea University. In a liberal arts class, business student and sloppy handwriting model student, Do Jin-woo, and beautifully-handwriting physical education student, Lee Dae-han, meet by chance. After some misunderstandings and bickering, Jin-woo is stunned: 'Did Lee Dae-han just recognize my handwriting at once?' When Dae-han immediately identifies Jin-woo's rejected report, dismissed due to his bad handwriting, Jin-woo asks him to rewrite it. In return, Dae-han, who has repeatedly failed at dating, asks Jin-woo, the business department's heartthrob, for 'dating lessons'...?!

The Kitauji high school wind instrument club had at one time participated in national tournaments and was a champion school, but after the club's adviser changed, they have not been able to even participate in the qualifying tournament. Under the strict leadership of Taki, a substitute for Ms. Rikako, they steadily build up their strength. As they fight over who plays solos, some students give priority to studying and quit club activities. Finally, the long wished-for day of the contest arrives.

“Hi! My name is Minji Kim. I used to be a teenage girl but after waking up from a nap one day, I turned into a fugly lizard! I want to go home! Somebody help! Wait… but, if I'm in this strange body, who’s in mine?!” Minji is a high school girl living a normal life in an ordinary world. After waking up from her usual nap in class one day, she discovers that she has transformed into a powerful dragon who lives in an out-of-the-ordinary land. Minji forms a group of eccentric friends by using her wits, and together they embark on a journey to help Minji find her way back to her own world. Will Minji ever be able to return home?

Princess Alice, who was turned back to her 10 year old self with the “witch’s power” before she died, meets Theodore, a heretic (Nox). He is the most hated and shunned member of the Knights’ Order, but for a girl who was killed because of her crimson hair, he is the only person who can share her loneliness! However, contrary to the rumors (of the past), she is intelligent and gets caught up in a battle over the right to inherit the throne…? ”Would you like to become a witch’s knight out of self-interest?” “That’s a ridiculous invitation, I don’t think you’re a princess, is it?” A relife story of a figurehead princess and a lonely knight who finally meet, both of whom have “crimson”!

Milky Way Village is a charming, rustic town where the Milky Way galaxy illuminates the night sky. At its heart stands Night Compass, a cozy doll shop run by Baek Young-ha and his family. While Young-ha is passionate about creating and repairing dolls, his skills aren’t as refined as his parents’. Still, he’s determined not to let that stop him from pursuing his dream of sharing the joy of handmade dolls with the world - starting with his own community. Welcome to the Milky Way High Doll Club, where Young-ha and his friends navigate the rough patches of youth, one stitch at a time!

Shunsuke Koshiji, a freelance writer, went to the Sea of Trees (AOKIGAHARA) at the foot of Mount Fuji to respond to a message from a video streamer asking for help. There were dozens of video streamers gathered there just like Koshiji, and Their goal is to find a secret sect operating in the Sea of Trees, the "JOFUKU SHINREIKYO" OR "TM LINH -T PHC TN THN". But something strange happened that night...the Sea of Trees and the Dark Cult...two factors that exposed the "rumour-seeking" nature of these streamers to an ugly degree. ..! A story of horror, suspense and thrill has begun!!

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Guster, the hero whois captivated by the face of the pretty chief magician, Romero, and ends up saving the world.